Magnates & masterpieces: the German-Jewish collectors of Edwardian Britain

Contents

An Alien Elite: German Jews in Edwardian Society -- The Power of Art: Collecting in the German-Jewish Tradition -- Living the Ideal: The Mond Collection -- Private Pleasures: The Beit Collection -- Jewish Home, Christian Art: The Hirsch Collection -- Casualities of War: The Speyer Collection -- Drawings Connoisseurship: The Oppenheimer Collection -- Trappings of Wealth: The Cassel Collection -- Luxury Furnishing: The Meyer Collection -- Pride and Prejudice: The Neumann Collection -- An Embattled Legacy: The Michaelis Collection -- Ancien Régime Elegance: The Bischoffsheim Collection -- Art Market (and Other) Scandals: The Michelham Collection -- 'A Highly Cultivated Passion': The Rosenheim Collection -- Conclusion.